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Niroshan Dickwella on the challenge of being a gloveman in Sri Lanka, and the shot he'd play against Rangana Herath
http://www.espncricinfo.com/25/content/story/1143516.html
Six brothers damn

Quote:Where did you learn legspin and pick up your variations from?
I learnt legspin from my [six] brothers. They are all cricket lovers and they all bowl legspin. So I picked it up from them and it came naturally to me. There was one difference in my kind of legspin - I used to bowl quick from the beginning. They noticed that in my bowling and I realised that that kind of bowling and wrong'uns came naturally to me.

Was there any coach who helped you develop your bowling?
Whichever coaches I worked with, not one of them tried to change my style of bowling or my action. They would always give me confidence but nobody tried to change me. The head coach with our Under-19 team, Dawlat Ahmadzai, supported me a lot and told me I had a lot of talent and that I would go far. He gave me a lot of confidence. Otherwise, there was no coach as such who taught me the technicalities like how to hold the ball, how should the action be, how to release the ball, etc. All this came naturally to me.

How do you keep up this process of teaching yourself when you are playing in different leagues across the world and for Afghanistan?
I work on most things on my own. Like, these days I'm here for the IPL, so I train in the nets and try different variations on my own. There are some variations I'm still trying in the nets and haven't used in matches yet. I'm working on them in the nets.

No matter where I practise in the nets, whether in Greater Noida or Afghanistan, I work on myself on my own and I talk to the coaches about the team's requirements. Otherwise I don't really change my action or my bowling speed and no coach asks me to change them either.

Was there anything in particular you learnt from Muttiah Muralitharan [Sunrisers bowling coach]?
When he saw my action and everything, he told me, "You are absolutely perfect, and you don't need to change anything." He talks to me about spot bowling - focus on where I want to pitch the ball, the spot I want to target. Second thing he always tells me is that I have to remain relaxed and cool even when batsmen hit me for sixes, or even if I take five-six wickets, and that I should bowl according to my plan and targets. "What the batsmen do after that is different. You have to focus on your bowling and apart from the talent you have, you have to remain mentally strong." That's what he would tell me again and again. He has shared a lot of his experience with me and says that once you become mentally strong, it will help you in a lot of situations.

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^this Rashid kid is going to be the next SUPERSTAR in spin bowling.He has a merciless wrong'un
Yes, it's nice Rashid can now be a proper test cricketer and international star. Of course, if we had it Randys' way he'd still be in the I-Cup.

#bigpicture
(05-09-2018, 12:44 PM)Randy Wrote: [ -> ]^this Rashid kid is going to be the next SUPERSTAR in spin bowling.He has a merciless wrong'un

Big Grin
(05-09-2018, 09:59 PM)Bada Wrote: [ -> ]
(05-09-2018, 12:44 PM)Randy Wrote: [ -> ]^this Rashid kid is going to be the next SUPERSTAR in spin bowling.He has a merciless wrong'un

Big Grin

Why he's born in 1998

Me 1997

Kev

Watahaganna wenasa..
These are interesting times in cricket. There are more issues to be sorted for the administrators to retain the charm of the game. Vivian Richards, while he expresses his fascination for the modern, spoke to TOI on all the issues—from over-reliance on T20 cricket to player conduct to burnout issues to the dearth of quality in any team to match the dizzy heights of West Indies and Australia.
Excerpts…

Cricketers are choosing to be professionals in T20 cricket…
We could do with changing the international calendar. One format of the game may be successful and then we put our energies into that. Administrators have a huge role in making sure that it is an even playing field. Let’s not experiment too much with what we have. T20s did give cricket a facelift. Let’s not overlook the fact that the best players who played best T20s have played Test match cricket—AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson. All these guys have balance in their base.

Your take on those who openly say they don’t want to play red-ball cricket…
I can bet you, if there wasn’t any T20, their first thoughts would have been about representing their countries. All these guys will achieve what they want to achieve if they are good enough players. If the administrators can find avenues for these individuals to play for their countries because it is a platform that every player needs to become good T20 players. T20 players when lose their form, it’s difficult to come back. The names mentioned earlier have played the best T20 cricket and best Test cricket because they understand the balance and the background they have.

Having being part of Kerry Packer cricket, how easy to be lured by money in professional cricket and being driven away from orthodox cricket…
We went to Packer, we weren’t thinking about playing only one-day cricket. We were protesting what was happening in world cricket. The salaries after the Kerry Packer series, the salaries got better and a little bit more attractive and coloured clothing came in. Packer period was change for the best in my opinion.

It would have been easier for you to just stick with Packer cricket because you were getting paid well anyway…
It would have been easier. But you got to see that it was a protest. It lasted for a while. Every one moved back to their respective countries. We did it for a cause. We went back not just because the salaries got better but Packer had his wishes in terms of rights and broadcast.

AB de Villiers looks fittest on the ground but says he has to retire because he is tired…
Let’s wait and see a few months if he starts feeling a little bit better. Sometimes guys say this today and something different a few days later. He may look fit but inside he may not be feeling fit.

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